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Will our next war be with Mexico?

Ms Sparky — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:16:53 +0000

- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Americans Killed In Drive-By Shooting At Consulate In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Obama ‘Outraged’ Is this violence any different than what is going on in the Middle East? Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — Gunmen killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in this violent border city with [...]

Buh, bye, Burger King

Ms Sparky — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:17:33 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Buh, bye, BK (Barracks Patrol Report No. 1) Under The Radar by The Barracks Patrol – Military.com February 19, 2010 Attention on the net: You got the Barrack Patrol here, bringing you the best of what we hear and what you tell us about. (And, as always, confidentiality is GUARANTEED [...]

Kahn has the guts to say what we’re all thinking!

Ms Sparky — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:02:25 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" A Free Pass By ROBERT KAHN Courthouse News Service November 13, 2009 While a religious pervert’s mass murder of GIs at Fort Hood dominated the news on Veterans Day, Courthouse News’ top story that day began like this: “A Florida defense contractor put soldiers at risk and defrauded the government by producing [...]

Cornyn & Inouye BFF’s?

Forseti — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:58:54 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Politics make strange bed fellows but Cornyn and Inouye - Bipartisan Friends Forever? Apparently Government Contracting is the last bastion for snake oil salesmen to ply their trade. It appears that 30 Senators want to maintain this status quo, even if it means blocking victims of violent crime from [...]

Is Heather Browne KBR’s very own human “8-ball”?

Ms Sparky — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:55:10 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" (Is anyone else seeing the resemblance between Dr. Bob Kelso and KBR’s Bill Utt?) For anyone who follows the media coverage of KBR’s alleged “misdeeds”, you must be familiar with KBR’s Director of Communications, Ms. Heather Browne. Ms. Browne is the one responsible for making those ridiculous comments [...]

Pentagon Protecting KBR? Say it isn’t so!!

Ms Sparky — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:07:52 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Senators Accuse Pentagon of Stalling to Recover Millions From Contractor By JAMES GLANZ Published: May 3, 2009 The Pentagon has done little to collect at least $100 million in overcharges paid in deals arranged by corrupt former officials of Kellogg Brown & Root, the defense contractor, even though the officials [...]

How About A “Hire American Act”!

Ms Sparky — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:25:53 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" There’s a Fly America Act and a Buy American Act how about a “Hire American Act“? I’ve been listening to CNN all morning and hearing about the 5 million plus Americans who have lost their jobs in the US. The business that are closing. The States that are [...]

Is KBR Guilty Of Treason?

Ms Sparky — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:06:25 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" There is a buzz in the blogosphere that KBR should be charged with TREASON. Although I’ve heard the word and was pretty sure I knew what it meant. I looked it up anyway and a few others. According to Merriam-Websters On-Line Dictionary Treason defined as: 1 : the betrayal [...]

The Army Corp gets what they deserve with KBR

Ms Sparky — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:32:23 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Since I first read the article below….there’s been this perfect storm brewing in my head!! I’ve been trying to figure out just what in the hell the Army Corp is thinking….or are they. Especially after this weeks disclosure of specifics of KBR’s second LOGCAP Level III CAR. [...]

2008 – KBR’s 5th Year Of LOGCAP Fraud, Waste & Abuse

Ms Sparky — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:13:48 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" When I first came up with this idea to do a recap of KBR activity for 2008, I didn’t think it would take me three days to do the research and compile all the info. I haven’t been following everything that KBR has been up to. That [...]

Am I being paranoid?

Ms Sparky — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:27:36 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" When I first saw this article, I was again infuriated by the apparent mind set of the DoD. I seems clear to me the DoD thinks there are no other contractors in the world that can carry out these contracts other than KBR. That’s completely WRONG!!! It [...]

Does KBR Make Money Off Dead Soldiers?

Ms Sparky — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:31:49 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" An Associated Press article came out this morning and I guess it makes an appropriately disgusting Halloween post. KBR 3Q profit rose 35 pct as revenue climbs Associated Press 10.31.08 KBR, which provides engineering services to the energy sector and the government, said Friday its third-quarter profit rose 35 percent [...]

I’m Calling You On Your Crap … KBR!!!

Ms Sparky — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:14:01 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" When I first heard that KBR was claiming all electrical installations in Iraq were being done to the British Standards and not the U.S. National Electrical Code (NEC) I just about fell out of my chair laughing. This, they claim, is why the electrical installations in Iraq [...]

KBR’s Tom Bruni & Joe Tedesco? What A Team

Ms Sparky — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:51:21 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" UPDATED!!! SEE BELOW!! Can it be?? Has KBR hired the electrical code expertise of Joe Tedesco? The Joe Tedesco?? “Joe Almighty?” KBR must think they are in real hot water because according to Joe, he didn’t come cheap. Joe Tedesco has been one of those names in the [...]

Electrical review turns up 3,700 fires in Iraq not the 483 reported!

Ms Sparky — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:10:30 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Somebody hasn’t been telling the truth!! Hmmm This article is from the ArmyTimes.com I am so glad to see General McHale at the helm! The top-Notch Master Electrician’s mentioned in this article are the ones that are part of the inspection team known as “Task Force Safe”. [...]

NO….I Will Not Shut Up!

Ms Sparky — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:00:11 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" I got this comment last night in response to “My 100th Blog Post – How MsSparky.com Evolved”. I get these responses all the time in emails and I normal just disregard them…but not today! This is a comment from “DC”. the testifying, I get. But the public speaking and [...]

KBR’s Big Secret….Shhhh Don’t Tell Anyone In Iraq or Afghanistan!

Ms Sparky — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:26:54 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" As you know I have been blogging about the changes in KBR’s hiring policies with regards to Electricians. They must be licensed and the salaries range from about 122-144K/year. That’s about 35-57K/yr higher than the old salaries. I am now told these changes in policy also include [...]

Move Over McCain and Obama….. It’s Maxine ‘08

Ms Sparky — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:49:28 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Tags: Humor, Politics, Politics, Rants Related posts “A Slap In The Face” and “Dumber Than Dirt” (3) Am I being paranoid? (3) Buh, bye, Burger King (3) Cheney, Gonzales indictment in Texas moves ahead (0) Cornyn & Inouye BFF’s? (18)

Count To 10

Ms Sparky — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:06:58 +0000

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- is a post from: "Ms Sparky" “Take a deep breath and count to 10″. We’ve been taught to do this in order to calm down for as long as I can remember. This technique was obviously developed before cell phones, blackberries and really inconsiderate people started doing everything in their cars except drive. I have [...]